Nicki Minaj has reacted to the incident between Will Smith and Chris Rock at the Oscars award.
Will Smith, before he won Best Actor for his role in ‘King Richard’, slapped presenter, Chris Rock for joking about his wife, Jada Pinkett.
Chris Rock, presenting the award for best documentary, said “Jada I love you, ‘G.I. Jane 2,’ cannot wait to see it.”
Minutes after, Will Smith walked up to the stage and slapped Rock, warning him not to mention his wife’s name, as he returned to his seat.
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Reacting, Nicki Minaj on her Twitter page said she doesn’t think Rock would have made the joke if he knew about Jada’s predicament.
”I love Chris Rock. I don’t think he would’ve made that joke had he known what Jada recently shared- but between him & the whole team @ the #Oscars you mean to tell me not ONE of y’all heard this woman just share this heartbreaking story?#ComeOnSon
”The husband gets a front row seat to his wife’s pain… he’s the 1 consoling her… drying her tears behind closed doors when those cameras go off. Social media has made ppl feel that these “husbands” won’t ever run into them in real life.
”You just got to witness in real time what happens in a man’s soul when he looks over to the woman he loves & sees her holding back tears from a “little joke” at her expense. This is what any & every real man feels in that instant. while y’all seeing the joke he’s seeing her pain.
”Imagine what it must feel like to be losing your hair to the point where you have to shave it bald. You think that’s easy to deal with for anyone? You don’t think she’s cried about that many times? 2022 y’all gon have to see these men about those jokes you made about their wives.”
Also reacting, Hollywood actress, Tiffany Haddish said Will Smith’s action ‘the most beautiful thing I’ve ever seen.’
The 42-year-old actress presented the Best International Feature Film award with Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings star Simu Liu, which was won by Japan’s Drive My Car.
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”And maybe the world might not like how it went down, but for me, it was the most beautiful thing I have ever seen because it made me believe that there are still men out there that love and care about their women, their wives,” Haddish said.
She queried why Rock who is a ‘friend’ to both Will and Jada, would do that.
“He didn’t even run the joke by her, but she was hurt though.
”If she wouldn’t have been hurt, Will probably would not have said nothing but you could see he was clearly and they exploited it. They exploited her, so “I have to do something”… He protected his wife,” Haddish added.
Pinkett Smith has been dealing with alopecia, an autoimmune condition that causes loss of hair, since 2018.
